by admin | Sep 22, 2023 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Olympic medalist bobsledder Aja Evans filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging a doctor on Team USA’s medical staff for years sexually harassed and sexually abused her during treatment sessions. Dr. Jonathan Wilhelm, a chiropractor who operates multiple clinics in Montana,...
by admin | Feb 6, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Kim Kalicki and Lisa Buckwitz gave Germany a one-two in the world bobsled championships two-woman event, while American Kaillie Humphries earned bronze to break the career medals record. Kalicki, who was fourth at last year’s Olympics and leads this season’s World Cup...
by admin | Jan 30, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Germans Laura Nolte and Johannes Lochner dethroned the reigning Olympic and world champions to open the world bobsled championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, this weekend. Nolte, the Olympic two-woman champion driver, won the four-run monobob by four tenths of a...
by admin | Dec 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kaillie Humphries extended her podium streak on Saturday at the IBSF World Cup, where she and U.S. push athlete Jasmine Jones finished third in the two-woman bobsled. The third-place finish in Park City marked the sixth podium for Humphries at the Park City track,...
by admin | Sep 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Olympian Lolo Jones is speaking out about taking control of her fertility journey, a story she wishes someone had told her when she was younger. The 40-year-old told ABC News’ Juju Chang in an exclusive interview that she hopes to be a mother one day. Read...
by admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Guest Blogs, SEW
It may come as no surprise, but the female athletes competing for Team USA dominated at the Beijing Winter Olympics with 17 out of 25 medals earned by women. Out of that total, 13 medals came from individual women’s events, and the remaining four were from...
by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
American Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor won her fifth Olympic medal Saturday, making her not only the most decorated woman to ever compete in the Olympic bobsled but also the most decorated Black athlete in the history of the Winter Games. After earning a bronze medal...
by admin | Feb 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Team USA’s Elana Meyers Taylor has overcome many challenges throughout her 15-year bobsled career. But in what might be the most impressive feat of these Games, the 37-year-old mother of a toddler overcame COVID-19 and won Olympic silver. Meyers Taylor was...
by admin | Feb 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Canada-born Kaillie Humphries, winner of the first-ever Olympic gold in the monobob, says she “never gave up” on herself. It’s the third Olympic gold medal for the 36-year-old but the first while representing the US — Humphries switched...
by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The son of U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor is with her every step of the way at the Winter Olympics. NBC’s cameras focused on an adorable cartoon figure of Nico affixed to Meyers Taylor’s shoe at the monobob event on Sunday in Beijing. Read More
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